Schlagwörter:
Islam , Indonesia, eco-masjid, climate actions , environmental fatwas
Abstract
This paper documents the Islamic movement on climate action in Indonesia, particularly greening the mosque. Indonesia has 800,000 mosques in the country. Following the Islamic Declaration on Global Climate Change in Istanbul in 2015, Indonesia announced an eco-masjid[1] action. Through a mosque-based website (www.ecomasjid.id), the Indonesian Council of Ulama (MUI) engaged in a country-wide eco-masjid program, launched environmental campaigns and activities, and trained masjid organizers and imams. The mosques also intensively disseminated environmental fatwas, including those supporting wildlife protection, community sanitation and water management, and prohibiting land and forest burning related to climate change to reach a large public audience.
Autor/innen-Biografie
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Fachruddin M. Mangunjaya
Fachruddin M. Mangunjaya is an environmentalist, author, senior lecturer at the School of Graduate Program Universitas Nasional, and the Chairman of the Centre for Islamic Studies Universitas Nasional.
He is a member of the drafting team for the Islamic Declaration for Global Climate Change in Istanbul (2015) and the Advisory Group for Forum on Religion and Ecology at the University of Yale, Advisory for Indonesian Biodiversity Foundation (Yayasan Kehati), and a fellow of the Climate Leader Presenter. He is a member of IUCN-WCPA Specialist Group in Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas), an advisory member of SiagaBumi (Environment and Interfaith in Indonesia), and the Council Interfaith Rainforest Initiative (IRI) Indonesia. Fachruddin Mangunjaya graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Biology at the Universitas Nasional (UNAS) in Jakarta, a master’s degree in conservation biology at the University of Indonesia, and a PhD from the post-graduate program in Environmental Management and Natural Resources (PSL) at Bogor Agricultural University. He is one of the leading eco-activists in the Muslim world and an independent consultant for several institutions such as UNDP, UNEP, and the Islamic Science Education Cultural Organization (ISESCO) in Rabat, Morocco.
